19 must-read thriller books like The Liars by Petronella McGovern

Cover of The Liars by Petronella McGovern

The Liars

By: Petronella McGovern

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Good Teacher comes a compelling family drama of …

"There’s more to development than money…Think of how a child develops. Learns to walk, talk. Grows up. Gets a bit smarter every day. That’s development too. It’s time for Kinton Bay to grow up. Get smarter and acknowledge its violent beginnings."

-Petronella McGovern, The Liars

"There’s more to development than money…Think of how a child develops. Learns to walk, talk. Grows up. Gets a bit smarter every day. That’s development too. It’s time for Kinton Bay to grow up. Get smarter and acknowledge its violent beginnings."

-Petronella McGovern, The Liars

If you liked the thriller plot in The Liars by Petronella McGovern , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The Accident by Fiona Lowe

1. The Accident

By: Fiona Lowe

3.86

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrible crash... but the facts don't add up. Worlds converge and two women's lives are torn … read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's The Accident book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Clarke

By: Holly Throsby

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley. 'Clarke is illu… read more

Similar categories in Holly Throsby's Clarke book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
"He was so stocky. He was like a wheelie bin."

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

"Leelee?’ ‘Yes, Joe?’ ‘Would you still love me if I was a donkey?’ Leonie said, ‘Sweetheart, I’d love you no matter what you were. If you turned into a donkey, I’d just find us a house with a big barn…"

-Holly Throsby, Clarke

Cover of Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2) by Dinuka McKenzie

3. Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.00

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

'Dinuka McKenzie has talent to burn' Dervla McTiernan A parent's worst nightmare. A case that's … read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Taken (Detective Kate Miles, #2) book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis

4. The Unbelieved

By: Vikki Petraitis

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

'So you believed the alleged rapists over the alleged victim?' Jane's voice took on an indignant pi… read more

Similar categories in Vikki Petraitis's The Unbelieved book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
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5. The School Run

By: Ali Lowe

3.86

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go to protect your children? For parents living in the beautiful coastal town … read more

Similar categories in Ali Lowe's The School Run book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Money Club

By: Fiona Lowe

3.94

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

A gripping exploration of modern greed as bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe unpicks the mora… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lowe's The Money Club book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Miller Women

By: Kelli Hawkins

3.90

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Does murder run in the family? The brilliant, unsettling new psychological suspense from the bestse… read more

Similar categories in Kelli Hawkins's The Miller Women book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Liars by Petronella McGovern

8. The Liars

By: Petronella McGovern

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Good Teacher comes a compelling family drama of … read more

Similar categories in Petronella McGovern's The Liars book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
  • audiobook
"There’s more to development than money…Think of how a child develops. Learns to walk, talk. Grows up. Gets a bit smarter every day. That’s development too. It’s time for Kinton Bay to grow up. Get sm…"

-Petronella McGovern, The Liars

Cover of The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon

9. The House of Now and Then

By: Jo Dixon

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and … read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's The House of Now and Then book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Eleventh Floor: a darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love SALLY HEPWORTH, PIP DRYSDALE and ADELE PARKS by Kylie Orr

10. The Eleventh Floor: a darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love SALLY HEPWORTH, PIP DRYSDALE and ADELE PARKS

By: Kylie Orr

3.65

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The view is a killer ... Darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Austr… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Orr's The Eleventh Floor: a darkly compelling and twisty psychological drama from a talented new Australian author. Perfect for readers who love SALLY HEPWORTH, PIP DRYSDALE and ADELE PARKS book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Retribution (Lexi Winter #2) by Sarah Barrie

11. Retribution (Lexi Winter #2)

By: Sarah Barrie

4.17

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Once a vigilante, she's now a cop ... but she still plays by her own rules. A fast-paced, suspensef… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Barrie's Retribution (Lexi Winter #2) book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • australia
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dying to Know by Rae Cairns

12. Dying to Know

By: Rae Cairns

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A desperate phone call. A decade of questions. A deadly race to the truth. A new heartstopping t… read more

Similar categories in Rae Cairns's Dying to Know book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. A Shadow at the Door

By: Jo Dixon

3.84

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The House of Now and Then comes a vividly portrayed story that revea… read more

Similar categories in Jo Dixon's A Shadow at the Door book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • book club
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14. The Rush

By: Michelle Prak

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting psychological thriller—perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s The Survivors and Erica F… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Prak's The Rush book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) by Dinuka McKenzie

15. Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3)

By: Dinuka McKenzie

4.06

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

A suicide. A shooting. And a reckoning, decades in the making. The must-read new Detective Kate M… read more

Similar categories in Dinuka McKenzie's Tipping Point (Detective Kate Miles #3) book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Other Side of Her by B.M. Carroll

16. The Other Side of Her

By: B.M. Carroll

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A missing backpacker A million-dollar reward Ordinary people cracking under pressure Busy pa… read more

Similar categories in B.M. Carroll's The Other Side of Her book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Fall Between

By: Darcy Tindale

3.93

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On a hot November morning, the first body lies in a cattle trough . . . It will be another two hour… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Tindale's The Fall Between book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) by Sarah   Bailey

18. Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

DS Gemma Woodstock returns to Smithson in a mysterious new thriller from the bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Lowbridge

By: Lucy Campbell

3.83

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Where everybody knows everyone, how can somebody just disappear? A missing girl. Decades of silenc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Campbell's Lowbridge book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Every Last Suspect by Nicola Moriarty

20. Every Last Suspect

By: Nicola Moriarty

3.95

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Moriarty's Every Last Suspect book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. The Creeper

By: Margaret Hickey

4.18

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high c… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's The Creeper book and Petronella McGovern's The Liars

  • mystery thriller
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

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Fiona Lowe

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Holly Throsby

3.88

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4.00

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Chris Hammer

4.29

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Margaret Hickey

4.06

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